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What does it mean to have a voice but not fully use it?
And how many of us are already influencing the people and communities around us without recognizing the weight of that influence?
In Season 1, Episode 3 of Jam Sessions With Tina, host Tina Eliana sits down with Lesley George of Mosaic Inc. for “Finding Your Voice. Finding Your Influence.”
It’s a candid, funny, deeply human conversation about voice, purpose, courage, confidence, culture, community, storytelling, legacy, and showing up. Because having a voice and using it are not the same thing.
In this conversation, I brings my work into a personal discussion about using your voice when the room is uncomfortable, the outcome is uncertain, or your confidence has not caught up with your capability. We speak candidly about having the work, building the relationships, being known for what you do, and still shrinking when it is time to show up. We share professional experiences that changes how you should understood your voice, confidence, personal brand, and the responsibility to stop making yourself smaller. Tina and Lesley explore questions that reach far beyond a job title or professional platform:
What is the difference between having a voice and actually using it? How do fear and uncomfortable rooms affect whether we speak up or shrink?
What happens when we allow other people to define our purpose? How do culture and early experiences shape what we reveal, celebrate, or hide?
What can Caribbean American identity teach us about belonging, pride, and community?
Why do relationships matter to leadership and influence? • How does storytelling help people recognize their own potential?
What if the story you dismissed as ordinary becomes part of someone else’s legacy?
What responsibility do we carry for the gifts and opportunities entrusted to us? Recorded in honor of Caribbean American Heritage Month, this episode also explores Lesley’s Caribbean identity and how culture, belonging, relationships, and community shape confidence and influence.
The conversation moves through family, faith, purpose, Disney, storytelling, legacy, unexpected “downloads,” and learning to use your voice after moments when you did not. There are moments of vulnerability, laughter, and reflection that may make you reconsider the times you stayed quiet, waited for certainty, made yourself smaller, or assumed someone else had the authority to approve your path.
MEET LESLEY GEORGE Learn more about Lesley’s work, explore her current promotions, and connect with her online: https://www.jamsessionswithtina.com/l... ABOUT JAM SESSIONS WITH TINA Jam Sessions With Tina is a leadership podcast hosted by Tina Eliana that explores intentional leadership beyond titles, positions, and organizational charts. Here, we leave the titles at the door. Leadership shows up in everyday decisions, trusted relationships, difficult conversations, courageous choices, community influence, and personal responsibility. Through candid conversations across industries, communities, cultures, and lived experiences, Jam Sessions With Tina examines how people lead, influence, build relationships, navigate uncertainty, use their voices, and shape the lives of others, often long before anyone officially calls them a leader. No pedestal. No pretending. Just meaningful conversations about how we show up, what we learn, and the influence we carry into the lives of others.
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Then join the conversation in the comments: When have you realized that having a voice and using it are not the same thing?
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ABOUT TINA ELIANA Tina Eliana is a Leadership and Learning Systems Advisor, author, speaker, podcast host, and community builder who helps individuals recognize the leader within themselves and helps organizations build learning and development systems that strengthen leadership across teams.
A four-time WGU graduate and WGU Alumni Ambassador, Tina is also a patient advocate for Visual Snow Syndrome, a rare and complex neurological disorder, using education, storytelling, and advocacy to increase awareness and understanding.
Across her work is a simple belief: Leadership isn’t reserved for people with titles. #JamSessionsWithTina #FindYourVoice #IntentionalLeadership
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